Automotive News Europe articles

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A call for a public-private automotive partnership.
March 2, 2009... No one disputes that the European auto industry needs help to weather the current economic crisis. But neither individual countries nor the EU have found the proper dose of medicine that will cure today's ills. Stimulus packages such as Germany's scrappage bonuses are giving a small...

Ghosn's 2 hats get very heavy.
March 2, 2009... Byline: Hans Greimel Carlos Ghosn has had a good run as the dual head of Nissan and Renault. In Japan, he was hailed as the rock star CEO who saved a national icon from doom and drove it to record profits. But that's now changed, with Nissan poised for its first loss since his...

Where's Brussels when we need it most?
March 2, 2009... Byline: Jason Stein Does it work? Doesn't it work? Or will it ever work at all? In the endless fits and starts, hand wringing and consternation over whether the European Union can actually function as a union, one thing has emerged: When it comes to crisis assistance, the EU doesn't...

Van Braeckel's spark was Ickx's Le Mans win.(Interview)
March 2, 2009... Byline: Bettina Mayer Name: Dirk van Braeckel. Title: Bentley director of design. Age: 51. Languages: English, German, Dutch, French. Nationality: Belgian. Family: Wife, Hanna; daughter Josephine, 15. Countries lived in: Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, UK. ...

Confidential.
March 2, 2009... Golf still unrivalled for space An Austrian farmer is so worried about his cattle catching a cold that he regularly drives them to the vet in his car with the heat on. Thomas Bloch's "re-moo-val service involves cramming young calves into his Volkswagen Golf for the trip along an...